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Canadian HoirncuLTUKLST 



Vol. XX. 



1897. 



So. S. 





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STONY CREI'K AND FONTHILL FRUIT GARDENS. 



OT a very poetical, or even 

 appropriate name is Stony 

 Creek for a naturally beauti- 

 ful section where fruit gar- 

 dens abound and the .scenery 

 is most picturesque. We 

 would humbly suggest a 

 change to some more euphonious and 

 appropriate name, if the owners of land 

 in that section ever expect a boom in 

 landed property Having an hour to 

 spare, while waiting for the Buffalo train, 

 we climbed the mountain and secured 

 some fine views of the pretty country 

 below. In one direction lay Stony 

 Creek, with its power house for the H. 

 G. & B. electric road, and its beautiful 

 orchards, reaching away to the shore of 

 Lake Ontario ; and in another a distant 

 view of Burlington Bay, Burlington 

 Beach and IJurlington Heights, and near 

 at hand the famous battle field of 1812, 

 where a few Canadian Militiamen routed 

 a camp of American soldiers who f5ed 

 to Niagara, leaving behind camp-kettles 

 ammunition, and many other articles 

 now treasured by the antiquary as relics 

 of that Aar. 



The bridge at the right in Fig. 1162 

 marks a ravine which is the entrance to 

 Stony Creek Park, eight acres in extent, 

 now being improved b.y the Davis Bros. 

 In it is a beautiful fall, which, though 

 small in width, yet in height is said to 

 rival Niagara. Fruit land here is very 

 valuable, especially since the H. G. & B. 

 trolly has been built. For instance a 

 nice orchard of 23 acres to the right of 

 the bridge, planted to peach and fruit 

 trees with house and barn, is held at 

 $5,500, and generally speaking fruit 

 land is worth from $150 to $300 per 

 acre. 



From Stony Creek and Winona, the 

 T. H. & B. creeps up the mountain, 

 showing below the most charming views 

 of orchards and gardens of peaches, 

 plums, pears, apples, grapes and small 

 fruits, such as cannot fail to attract the 

 attention of the great travelling public 

 to the advantage of this section for that 

 department of agriculture. 



The country from Winona to Fenwick 

 is uninteresting, but the drive of four 

 miles from Fenwick to Fonthill reveals 

 acres of as good garden land as can be 



